"Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairer"

Job Description - Part 1

Basic Job Description:

Repair and adjust cameras and photographic equipment, including commercial video and motion picture camera equipment.

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Job Duties and Tasks for: "Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairer"

1) Examine cameras, equipment, processed film, and laboratory reports to diagnose malfunction, using work aids and specifications.

2) Disassemble equipment to gain access to defect, using hand tools.

3) Adjust cameras, photographic mechanisms, and equipment, such as range and view finders, shutters, light meters, and lens systems, using hand tools.

4) Calibrate and verify accuracy of light meters, shutter diaphragm operation, and lens carriers, using timing instruments.

5) Measure parts to verify specified dimensions/settings, such as camera shutter speed and light meter reading accuracy, using measuring instruments.

6) Test equipment performance, focus of lens system, alignment of diaphragm, lens mounts, and film transport, using precision gauges.

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7) Fabricate or modify defective electronic, electrical, and mechanical components, using bench lathe, milling machine, shaper, grinder, and precision hand tools according to specifications.

8) Recommend design changes or upgrades of micro-filming, film-developing, and photographic equipment.

9) Requisition parts and materials.

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10) Record test data and document fabrication techniques on reports.

11) Clean and lubricate cameras and polish camera lenses, using cleaning materials and work aids.

12) Lay out reference points and dimensions on parts and metal stock to be machined, using precision measuring instruments.

13) Install film in aircraft camera and electrical assemblies and wiring in camera housing, following blueprints, using hand tools and soldering equipment.

14) Assemble aircraft cameras, still and motion picture cameras, photographic equipment, and frames, using diagrams, blueprints, bench machines, hand tools, and power tools.

15) Read and interpret engineering drawings, diagrams, instructions, and specifications to determine needed repairs, fabrication method and operation sequence.